Apparatus for distilling turpentine.



PATBNLED Si), 190511 J.G,SAUNDBRS. APPARATUS EUR DISTLLING TURPBNNNE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZQ, 1006 Arm/mns No.`s34,759.

`of time that it requires torun off UNITED ISTATES PATENT oEEioE,

-JESSE e. SAUNDERS, oF LAKE PARK, er'oEcr-A Specification' of LettersPatent` .I

APPARATUS Fon DISTILLING TURIPENT'INE.

:Patented oct. 30,1906.

Application f iled May 29, 1906.1 Serial No. 319.279.

To all whom, it may concern);

Be it known that I, JESSE G. SAUNDERS, a citizen of the United States,residin at Lake Park, in the county' of Lowndes an State of Georgia,have invented anew and useful Improvement in Apparatus tor DistillingTurpentlne, of which the following is a speciiication.4

. In d istillingispirits of turpentine from the crude gum water isintroduced into the still during the whole time a charge is being run,and the evaporated S irits passes over into the worm along with acertain amount of water, and when theyreach the receiving-chamber thecondensed turpentine, being of less specific gravity than the condensedWater, accumulates as a suy ernatant layer above the water and is run ointobarrels. The length a charge is such that the water in the tank thatcontains the 'worm becomes very hot, and the condensed water and spiritsas they come from theworm are also very hot. This is very ob Bjectionable, because the spirits evaporate greatly at this hightemperature. Furthermore, it is ve undesirable to run the spirits intothe barrels when hot, becausewhen the spirits go into the barrels hot itswells the barrel and in a few days when it cools the barrel shrinks andallows the turpentine to leak out, the'penetrating nature of turpentinebeing such that it easily nds minute outlets.I 1 y f My invention isdesigned to obviate all of these objections; and it consists in a verysimple apparatus for accomplishing the same, the leading feature ofwhich consists in means for maintaining a constantly-flowing stream of cold water beneath the supernatant body of spirits .in the closedreceiving-chamber which receives the commingled turpentine and vvater'from the still, whereby the turpentine is quickly cooled below thepoint of evaporation before exposure to the air and the heating of thebarrels is avoided, as hereinafter more fully described with referenceto the drawing. This drawing shows in side elevation la turpentine-Stillequipped with my invention, which is partly shown in Section.

' X is the ,Still which connects with and discharges into the worm lV.This worm is ini-.

adjusted or tinuously from a pump Z. Fromthe tank A cold water flowsthrough the pi e 'a into the tank Y around the worm in or erto lill thetank. From the elevated tank A a pipe P, with valve p, leads to thereceiving-chamber B,'which receives thecondensed spirits and water fromthe worm through the pipe w.

As the condensed s irits of turpentine and the water pass from the worminto the closed receiving-chamber B they separate inlayers according totheir different specific gravities, as shown b the line b, the spiritsof turpentine being ighter than the water and accu- 'mulating as asupernatant stratum above the d into the barrel D as fast' as itaccumulates in the receiving-chamber B.

Itl will be obvious that if the receivingchamber B had onlythe'inlet-pipe w from the worm and an outlet for the turpentine andwater the turpentine and water in chamber would partake ofthe Same hightemperature as the tank-water around the worm@ To dprevent this is theobj ect of my invention, an

for that purpose I maintain 1n the lower part of the receiving-chamber Ba constantly-lowing body ofy cold water in direct contact with thesupernatant body of turpentine. This water is taken from the elevatedtank A through pipe P, the water passing out' through'the pipe C, whichrises to the point at which it is desired to maintain the water-level inthe receiving-chamber. The cold-water-Supply pipe P has a valve p, andthe overlOw-pipe C has also a valve o, by which the flow through thesepipes may be entirely cut off. `The outlet or overflow pipe C isextended upwardly above the point where it connects with thereceiving-chamber, so as to always maintain a body of water under theturpentine. I

By the means described the hot vSpirits of turpentine as it comes fromthe worm of the still is cooled down to 0r even below atmospherictemperature withoutexposureto the air and without any loss byevaporation or any swelling and subsequent leakage of the barrels.

I claim- 1. A turpentine-still having a closed receiving-chamberwith aninletl near the top connected to the outlet end ofthe worm, saidreceiving-chamber having an outlet near the top for turpentine and acold-water inlet and IOO outlet below the same and a source of cold-Water supply connected to the Goldwater inlet of' the saidreceiving-chamber.

2, The combination with a still and its Worm; of a closedreceiving-chamber with an inlet near the top connected to the Worm andhaving an outlet near the top for the condensed turpentine, a cold-Waterinlet and out- 'let for said receiving-chamber located belowtheturpentine-outlet and an elevated tank for cold Water connected tothe Gold-Water inlet of -tlie receiving-chamber. n

3. The combination With a stilland its Worm; of a closedreceiving-cliamber with an inlet near the top connected to the Worm andhaving` an youtlet near the top for the condensed turpentine, anelevated tank With pipe leading therefrom to tbereoeiving-eliamber andprovided with a regulating-valve and an outlet-pipe from thereceiving-uliamber having means for regulating the outlloW.

4. The combination with a still and its Worm; of a closedreceiving-chamber with an inlet near the top connected to the Worm andhaving an outlet near the top for the condensed turpentine, and acold-Water inlet and outlet pipe for the receiving-chamber, theoutlet-pipe being extended upwardly above its'oonneetion with thereceiving-chamber to maintain the level of water therein.

JESSE G. SAUNDERS.

Witnesses:

W. T. HARRELL, N. K. FRY.

